Ranking of Kentucky Counties By Percentage of Population that were White Alone from Census 2020

Updated on February 25, 2023.

According to the data from the United States 2020 decennial Census for Kentucky counties, in April 2020, among all Kentucky counties, Magoffin County had the highest percentage of its population that identified their race as White Alone (97.62%), followed by Wolfe County (97.27%), and Knott County (97.26%).

The chart below shows the top 10 counties, and the table below shows the ranking of all Kentucky counties based on the percentage of the population that identified as White Alone.

You can see similar ranking information for other states. You can also see similar rankings of counties for other racial groups as well as for the different ethnicities in Kentucky.

Ranking of Kentucky Counties By Percentage of Pop. that were White Alone from Census 2020
Magoffin
97.62%
Wolfe
97.27%
Knott
97.26%
Leslie
96.99%
Jackson
96.94%
Floyd
96.90%
Lawrence
96.89%
Letcher
96.72%
Johnson
96.71%
Lewis
96.58%
Ranking of Kentucky Counties By Percentage of Pop. that were White Alone from Census 2020
Rank
County
White Alone % of County Pop.
1 Magoffin County 97.62
2 Wolfe County 97.27
3 Knott County 97.26
4 Leslie County 96.99
5 Jackson County 96.94
6 Floyd County 96.90
7 Lawrence County 96.89
8 Letcher County 96.72
9 Johnson County 96.71
10 Lewis County 96.58
11 Estill County 96.49
12 Owsley County 96.40
13 Menifee County 96.37
14 Robertson County 96.31
15 Carter County 95.99
16 Rockcastle County 95.89
17 Powell County 95.66
18 Bath County 95.62
19 McLean County 95.47
20 Pike County 95.41
21 Breathitt County 95.37
22 Fleming County 95.35
23 Nicholas County 95.24
24 Edmonson County 95.22
25 Crittenden County 95.21
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